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The IB Diploma Programme Final Statistical Bulletin, May 2020 Assessment Session.
International Baccalaureate
IB Global Centre, Cardiff
Peterson House, Malthouse Avenue
Cardiff Gate, Cardiff, Wales
CF23 8GL
United Kingdom
Website: www.ibo.org
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Final data
These final data tables represent the outcomes after the close of the assessment session. It includes any changes
due to Enquiries upon Results and where results have completed from late school submission of information.
On the 17th August 2020, based on feedback received from the reviews (https://www.ibo.org/news/news-about-the-
ib/covid-19-coronavirus-updates/) the IB updated the grades issued in July. This statistical bulletin represents the
data at the end of this cycle after these revisions were made.
Given the exceptional circumstances around May 2020, reflected in the cancellation of examinations at short notice
and the worldwide disruption to teaching and learning experienced by students, the May 2020 data will not form part
of the ongoing time series of data which the IB uses to maintain standards and may not appear in future statistical
bulletins.
*All students has at least one piece of work marked in each subject (except further Mathematics) externally marked
by the IB this session
Key to abbreviations
Categories of registration
Diploma Programme (DP) candidates must register in one of four categories:
Diploma: Candidates intending to complete the requirements for the award of an IB Diploma.
Retake*: Previous IB Diploma candidates who are seeking to improve their results by retaking one or more subjects.
The highest grade obtained for a subject will contribute towards the IB.
Course: Candidates taking one or more subjects who are not seeking the award of the IB Diploma.
Anticipated: Candidates intending to complete the requirements for one or two standard level subjects (excluding
languages ab initio and pilot subjects) at the end of their first year of the Diploma Programme. They must complete all
remaining IB Diploma requirements in the corresponding examination session the following year.
*Unless otherwise stated, retake candidates are included in the dataset.
IB Regions
Schools authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme are grouped by geographical regions. The abbreviations
used in the tables are the codes describing the following geographical regions:
IBA: IB Americas
IBAEM: IB Africa, Europe, Middle East
IBAP: IB Asia-Pacific
Other Abbreviations
HL: Higher Level
SL: Standard Level
TOK/TK: Theory of Knowledge
EE: Extended Essay
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Session Overview
56.47% 43.42%
50.86% 49.14%
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Diploma Results
(Diploma and Retake Category Candidates)
Pass Rate
77.83
40,000
70
20,000
Mean Grade
6
Mean Grade
100
50
56.71 55.82 55.34 54.07 59.31
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300
200
29.95 29.88 29.76 29.65 30.00
100
80%
38.12% 37.17% 36.63% 35.98% 37.45%
60%
20%
26.97% 28.28% 29.78% 29.71% 27.71%
0%
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
4,000
2,000
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Total Points
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Extended Essay
Grade No grade
A B C D E N awarded awarded
Studies in Language and Literature 15.17% 25.73% 36.73%Studies
20.32% 1.11%
in Language 0.94%
and Literature 99.06% 0.94%
Language acquisition 16.09% 28.50% 40.27% 13.98% 0.35% 0.80%
Language acquisition 99.20% 0.80%
Individuals and societies 7.27% 20.25% 40.55%Individuals
28.70% 1.71% 1.52%
and societies 98.48% 1.52%
Sciences 10.58% 31.61% 39.73% 16.14% 0.83% 1.11%
Sciences 98.89% 1.11%
Mathematics 23.96% 33.54% 31.26%Mathematics
10.11% 0.20% 0.94% 99.06% 0.94%
The arts 12.84% 20.25% 33.57%The28.37%
arts 3.20% 1.78% 98.22% 1.78%
Interdisciplinary 8.60% 24.06% 42.52%Interdisciplinary
21.45% 1.37% 2.00% 98.00% 2.00%
Total 10.75% 23.97% 38.92%Total
23.62% 1.43% 1.31% 98.69% 1.31%
HISTORY
ENGLISH A
PSYCHOLOGY
BIOLOGY
BUS MAN
WLD. STUDIES
ECONOMICS
PHYSICS
VISUAL ARTS
ENGLISH B
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Theory of Knowledge
Grade Distribution
Grade Distribution
50,000
40,639
40,000
Number of Candidates
30,000
23,922
20,000
15,685
10,000
6,172
526
0
E D C B A
ENGLISH 77,257
SPANISH 7,604
CHINESE 1,195
FRENCH 747
GERMAN 141
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Subjects
Subjects with fewer than 10 candidates are excluded from these lists
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Schools
3,000
481 507
451
Number of Schools
413
374
2,000
917 964 993
832 862
1,000
1,281 1,391 1,423 1,483 1,520
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
422
400
2,600 366
345
Number of Schools
2,400
278
2,200
2,547
2,483
2,385
2,284
2,000
2,175
1,800
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Candidates
Growth of Candidates
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
148,124 157,578 163,536 166,644 170,335
Growth of Candidates by Region
IBA IBAEM IBAP
200,000
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
150,000
Number of Candidates
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Country Candidates
Excludes withdrawn candidates.
NIGERIA 37
Countries with fewer than ten candidates shows only <10
NORWAY 863
OMAN 132
PAKISTAN 205
PALESTINE, STATE OF 109
PANAMA 111
PERU 139
PHILIPPINES 679
POLAND 1,472
PORTUGAL 326
PUERTO RICO 81
QATAR 454
REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA 75
ROMANIA 163
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 230
RWANDA 58
SAUDI ARABIA 425
SENEGAL 98
SERBIA 76
SINGAPORE 1,659
SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH) 18
SLOVAKIA 105
SLOVENIA 98
SOUTH AFRICA 77
SPAIN 3,560
SRI LANKA 19
SUDAN 23
SWAZILAND 32
SWEDEN 1,161
SWITZERLAND 1,826
TAIWAN 431
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF 143
THAILAND 1,006
TOGO 37
TUNISIA 34
TURKEY 1,157
UGANDA 79
UKRAINE 54
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2,111
UNITED KINGDOM 4,503
UNITED STATES 89,100
URUGUAY 53
UZBEKISTAN 45
VENEZUELA 159
VIETNAM 551
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH <10
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 10
ZAMBIA 46
ZIMBABWE 25
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